Category / English
Teaching English
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It’s non-fiction November
How can we grab and keep a young reader’s interest? Non-fiction texts are just as able to grab a young reader’s interest as works of fiction.
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Creative writing doesn’t have to be boring
What is the most effective way to improve your pupils’ writing? Using a variety of sentence structures results in more imaginative and interesting writing.
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Confidence is key
Making children more confident in their reading and writing is vital. But what is the most effective way of giving children more confidence in reading and writing?
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I don’t know what to say
Children can often write without thinking through the details of who, what, where and how. But they still need to learn about using a more structured approach.
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A sense of achievement
What is the most effective way of getting KS1 children to enhance their enjoyment of the activity of creative writing?
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Celebrate World Poetry Day with lions in the garden!
Download ‘Lions in the Garden’ for World Poetry Day. You will also get a mixture of short and long question types linked to the reading content domains to try.
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What is a bookworm?
I am the definition of a bookworm – I always have at least one book on the go and a large stack waiting to be read…
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Confident, able, motivated
What is the single most effective way of encouraging children to enjoy and benefit from writing creatively?
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How to boost confidence
Strategies are our short cuts to solutions. Once we feel we have strategies in place for each new eventuality, we invariably feel happier and more confident.
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Confident readers / good readers…
It is undeniably true that good readers are normally confident readers. While of course confident readers are invariably good readers. So which one does one seek to boost first?
